No. 2003, May 2003
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- Ailing markets face termination.
- Balanced scorecard provides ROI: a study has found the key to performance management.
- BBC accused of concealing costs: comparisons to Enron have been made in Parliament.
- Big firms take to CSR reporting.
- Blue-chip firms seek FM honours: this year's conference will focus on shareholder value.
- Budgetary health warning issued.
- CCAB-I in out-of-court settlement.
- Experts predict revival for equities: all the signs are there for a strong comeback next year.
- Financial managers head field for FTSE's top jobs.
- Financial stability nearly impossible, say experts.
- Firms unready for every IAS issue.
- Firms urged to embrace flexibility: parents of young children are to gain new rights at work.
- Following its proposals to amend UITF Abstract 13, "Accounting for employee stock ownership plan trusts", the Accounting Standards Board's urgent issues task force (UITF) is consulting further on a related amendment to UITF Abstract 17, "Employee share schemes", before it finalises revisions to the former.
- FSA decides pay on pension type; the body has cut rises to final-salary scheme members.
- Gulf evacuations create tax poser; expat employees could be liable for a massive bill.
- Higgs contradicts FRC on code.
- Higgs to address CIMA conference: this year's event will focus on shareholder value issues.
- In less than two years' time UK-listed companies will be required to use EU-adopted international accounting standards in their group financial statements.
- Increase in red tape costs 14bn £.
- Leeds footballers 'unaffordable'.
- Money-laundering law deferred.
- Non-execs uncovered.
- OFT's plans dismay whistle-blowing campaigners.
- PFI consortium in risky head start: Cathy Hayward reports on unfinished business at a Mancunian housing project.
- Problems dog international convergence effort.
- Reporting model is `failing its task': firms are not communicating properly with investors.
- Small investors act on fat-cat pay: one in 10 private shareholders has sold shares in protest.
- Smaller listed firms plead for grace period on IASs.
- SMEs to benefit from Brown's tax concessions.
- Supermarket seeks commitment.
- Technical update.
- The Accounting Standards Board (ASB) has withdrawn UITF Abstract 10 "Disclosure of directors' share options" with immediate effect.
- The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has published proposals to improve the quality of accounting for business combinations and to encourage international convergence.
- The International Federation of Accountants has released exposure drafts of seven statements of membership obligations.
- The International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC).
- TUC criticises 'boardroom hypocrisy' on pensions.
- Uplifting growth for on-line underwear company.
- Amman with a longer-term plan.
- Big investors fail to quit tobacco.
- Big names in FTSE 100 exodus.
- Broad support for audit reforms.
- Business down the tube.
- Call for tax evasion clampdown.
- CBI hails pensions blueprint: but ministers have been criticised for ignoring key issues.
- CFOs struggle with human factor.
- Charities lack continuity plan: most third-sector bodies are unprepared for the words.
- Charity FDs issue reform plan: proposals are aimed at enhancing financial transparency.
- Combined code wins plaudits: key proposals of the Higgs report have been amended.
- Disciplinary cases.
- EC plans bankruptcy law reforms.
- Firms back tamer watchdog: the new audit regulator isn't as fierce as many had feared.
- FTSE-350 firms flex their options.
- Higgs review splits City again; opinion is divided over when to introduce its reforms.
- Leaders fly into danger zone: Ruth Prickett reports from the Institute of Directors' centenary convention.
- NHS chiefs withhold pay data; Treasury reporting guidelines have been widely ignored.
- Oil firm premieres CSR audit.
- Pension safeguards under fire: government plans have been deemed counterproductive.
- Pensions law: winners and losers.
- Prisons slash purchasing costs.
- Sharp decline in M&A deals.
- Underinsured firms in danger.
- Utilities 'not ready' for IASs: their lack of guidance has angered one industry expert.
- Accountants shun flexibility; work-life balance is an option only for a small minority.
- Accountants urged to improve their client care.
- Boardroom blitz at news group.
- CIMA newsletter hits internet.
- Companies Act under review.
- EC fails to convince auditors: despite improvements, its accounts are still unreliable.
- FCO offers global security advice.
- Flotation thanks for non-execs.
- FRC reviews Higgs proposals.
- FTSE bosses widen pay chasm.
- Industry dogfight benefits flyers.
- Institute starts on-line bulletins.
- Investors finally flex their muscles: shareholder rebellions are now coming thick and fast.
- Investors rate social concerns.
- Key IT systems fail to deliver: vendors have been accused of a 'conspiracy of silence'.
- List of FM features to go on-line.
- Minister hints at new CSR law: regulation remains `a key tool', says Margaret Beckett.
- Snapshots of shareholder resistance.
- UK business gets behind euro: Cathy Hayward reports on a lively debate on the merits of the single currency.
- BADSA scraps certification plan.
- Basel II Accord to transform banks' credit risk processes.
- Best-practice asset accounting is the key to surviving the economic downturn, according to asset management specialist AssetWare Technology.
- Brown prepares `pick-me-up'; be prepared for more increases in national insurance.
- CIMA backs Higgs' proposals: but non-execs need even more support, says institute.
- CIMA puts crisis plan to the test.
- Firms hail rescue law reforms: but the changes may mean a less lenient Inland Revenue.
- Firms take to on-line banking.
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